- Honors Courses
- Many departments offer Honors courses especially for Honors College members. Often these classes are much smaller than their non-Honors counterparts; some are designed specifically for Honors students and have no non-Honors counterpart. Material is usually covered in greater depth than in non-Honors courses, and there is more classroom interaction in general. The pace is faster and more challenging, since students are surrounded by other students of the same caliber and, often, the same interests.
See the Bulletin of Course Descriptions for details on offerings of Honors courses. (Honors courses are designated by an "H" after the course number.)
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- Honors Sections
- In some multi-section courses, one (or more) section may be designated an Honors section. Like Honors courses, these classes are usually smaller than their non-Honors counterparts, move more briskly, and involve more classroom interaction.
See the Bulletin of Course Descriptions for details on offerings of Honors sections.
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- Honors Options
- A student may wish to complete an Honors Option in a class that is not already designated as Honors. An H-Option entails working with the professor to develop a project of interest to the student. Some common H-Options have included writing research papers, performing computer simulations, and teaching a class for one lecture period. For details of Honors Option availability and guidelines, see Honors Option Authorization and Honors Option Guidelines.
A description of Honors Option procedures and some examples of past Honors Option projects can be found in the publication "The Honors Option at Michigan State University." The Bulletin of Course Descriptions describes some of the Honors Option projects available during the current year.
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- Honors Research and Independent Study
- Students who are highly interested in certain areas of study may take advantage of the opportunity to do research or an independent project with a professor. In some cases, Honors research leads to a senior thesis or Honors senior project.
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- Graduate Courses
- Suitably prepared Honors students are allowed to enroll in graduate courses, often as Honors substitutions for required upper-level courses.
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- International Study
- While engaged in international study through Michigan State University, students may be able to arrange Honors Options or, with careful planning and sufficient documentation, students may be able to obtain direct approval of Honors equivalencies for non-MSU programs.
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